as in to display
to present so as to invite notice or attention
she playfully flaunted her engagement ring in all of her coworkers' faces
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Recent Examples of flaunt
By drawing from his Mexican and Irish American roots, as well as his life as a proud gay man, Chavarria flaunts his progressive principles while creating new and novel experiences on the runway.
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Cat Cardenas, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2025
The content creators then made videos flaunting the machines on social media.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
West also has no problem flaunting his lady’s assets, taking to Instagram last week with a racy snap of Censori wearing a tiny bikini that covered her nipples and nothing else.
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 2 Feb. 2025
The horrifying brutality is amplified by the impunity with which the officer flaunts it—and denies it—on camera.
—The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2025
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Cat Cardenas, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2025
The content creators then made videos flaunting the machines on social media.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
West also has no problem flaunting his lady’s assets, taking to Instagram last week with a racy snap of Censori wearing a tiny bikini that covered her nipples and nothing else.
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 2 Feb. 2025
The horrifying brutality is amplified by the impunity with which the officer flaunts it—and denies it—on camera.
—The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flaunt
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The event was inspired by the Korean pottery displayed in the museum’s Gerstner Collections Core.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Some proudly display the Israeli flag in their sanctuaries.—
Yonat Shimron,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2025
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The first detailed nationwide data on schools’ recovery shows that achievement gaps have widened, with the poorest students the furthest behind.—
Aatish Bhatia,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2025
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Further showing the strong bond and dedication to connecting to fans, fans decided on the LP’s tracklist via voting, with the group utilizing nostalgic iPod imagery and playlist artwork to help hype up the release.—
Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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While young, high-energy cats are most prone to play aggression, older felines can also exhibit it.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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Those with higher rejection sensitivity exhibited greater distress responses, particularly in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (DACC)—a brain region linked to processing social pain.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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His first week in office, Trump also announced Stargate, a massive AI infrastructure investment venture unveiled at the White House in partnership with OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank.—
Angela Yang,
NBC News,
13 Mar. 2025
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And as if that weren’t enough, come 1987, AMG unveiled a 6.0-liter V-8 version that made even more power: 375 hp and 407 lb-ft of torque.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
13 Mar. 2025
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The big picture: The Darién Gap is a 60-mile, roadless, treacherous jungle of crocodiles, snakes, harsh terrain and drug gangs that human rights groups say exposes migrants to harm and disease.—
Russell Contreras,
Axios,
13 Mar. 2025
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Listen to this article Over 700,000 current and former Chicago Public School students’ information was exposed following a data breach last month.—
Ikram Mohamed,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2025
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Nightmares of more dental work had to have flashed through the Celtics guard’s mind Thursday night.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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Shortstop Max Acosta, one of three players acquired in the Jake Burger trade with Texas, has flashed this spring, getting on base in 6 of his 14 plate appearances, with a home run.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Flaunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flaunt. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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